The Boston Globe Article RatingMixed results for Oregon's pioneering drug decriminalization - The Boston Globe
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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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| "The funds come from taxes generated by Oregon's legal marijuana industry and savings from reductions in arrests, jail time, and probation supervision." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Senator Floyd Prozanski, chair of the Oregon Senate's Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation Committee, said he's surprised more of those ticketed weren't taking advantage of the recovery options." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "It's a different model, at least for the US, Prozanski said, adding he'd want to wait at least another half-year before considering whether steps should be introduced to compel people to seek treatment." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "But with so few people seeking help after receiving citations, the Legislature might need to consider requiring they do more than call a hotline or pay a small fine, Prozanski said." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
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47% : The funds come from taxes generated by Oregon's legal marijuana industry and savings from reductions in arrests, jail time, and probation supervision.*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.